oldturkey03

@mayer Congratulations to the 600,000 reputation points!. This is an outstanding achievement. I can only imagine how many...

Just more evidence of all companies being evil. There is not a single one that will ever support the Right to Repair....

@kristen @jogihara Looks like https://www.ifixit.com/User/Activity/297... got his comments deleted as Spam due to them...

Best wishes to the great staff and all users at iFixit. May this year bring you all happiness, achievements and new...

@benjamen50 achieved a great milestone. As of yesterday, Ben reached 100K reputation points. He is a highly respected...

While trying to update my answer on here https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/5057... I noticed that this function no...

I just came across this guide https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+save... and it is absolutely not what a guide should be....

@refectio congratulations on achieving the 100K reputation point milestone! This is a major accomplishment and you Sir,...

On my commute to work this morning I was listening to this...

Looks like somebody here is using their profile to spread a message. Any chance you can take a look at this...

@sarahw this user needs to go https://www.ifixit.com/User/About/315109...

I totally understand what they are saying and I get it. After all it could be about public safety. If you have a device that has a faulty battery you should be prudent enough to fix it for no reason other than your devices functionality. None of the sites cited clarifies on who can certify a device. What I have a problem with, is that this could have a much darker outcome. What if I get the battery replaced by OTS instead of by Apple? OTS is going to give me a receipt and a notification that the battery was replaced. At what point is TSA or the carrier going to say “Oh no! It has be certified by the maker of the device or their authorized service center”. Now what? Apple will of course only certify the devices they will fix and will urge TSA and the carriers to only accept certifications issued by the maker. Sorry repair shop owners; you don’t count. Only Apple and their authorized service centers can certify this. So much for the Right to Repair!" Not saying that this is the way it is going to go...

@fixnpop59 the email address you used when you signed up for iFixit does not get shared anywhere. iFixit only uses it to get in touch with you. If you would like, you can add a valid email to your "About" page. That way users can "look you up" and get in touch with you. Check @mayer or @oldturkey03 or @arbaman and see how we did this.

We all know how this goes and where it will lead to. I wholeheartedly agree with @jogihara and @kristen on this one. We NEED the Right to Repair now. Since this does not seem to be happening as expeditiously as each one of us would like it to be, we should at least think about workarounds. I do not have one of the iPhone X batteries available but I wonder if there really is a BQ27546-G1 (or similar)TI IC on it. I do think that this is most likely where the software reads and prevents a successful change of the battery. Has anybody yet done a teardown of the battery to look at the circuitry and components involved? I doubt that removing the TI IC from a failed battery and transplanting it to an exchange battery would be viable (maybe @refectio would be up to doing some soldering for us ;-). What about removing the complete board from the battery and transplanting it? @jogihara @kristen iFixit have some blocked phones available that show the “Service” message? Would you all consider giving that a try as a...

@sarahw here is an easy one https://www.ifixit.com/User/3133091/pink...

@icanfixit3 it is my understanding that the iFixit parts are “made to the same specifications as the original but cannot be classified as 'OEM' because they are not made by Apple. Any third-party (non-Apple) vendors who claim to sell OEM parts should generally not be trusted because (1) any OEM parts on the market have been rejected by Apple for various reasons, and (2) typically are not what they claim to be. Our parts are made to specification and tested individually for quality assurance. We also offer a six-month warranty and outstanding customer service to ensure that you are satisfied with your purchase.” from True OEM Apple Ipad Screen

@sarahw here is a support person that would love to take his service number scheme to different heights https://www.ifixit.com/User/3129389/Step...

@sarahw well, I guess a congratulation to the new job is in order :-) Let’s start off by asking you to remove the following users. Those are left over from Witrig and eSelekt. The only purpose those users served was to boost the Witrig guides. No harm if they stay, but their guides etc., still link directly to eSelekt. So this would really just be a cleanup operation '''https://www.ifixit.com/User/2798961/vikt... '''https://www.ifixit.com/User/About/281348... '''https://www.ifixit.com/User/2799608/Jan+... '''https://www.ifixit.com/User/2821267/Orbe...

@refectio darn that is smart. Hard to see for an old guy like me. I guess we really have to be on the lookout for copycats.

@jogihara these users made an unofficial request to go and Spam somewhere else https://www.ifixit.com/User/3103184/elen... https://www.ifixit.com/User/3121559/%D0%... https://www.ifixit.com/User/2697947/cano... https://www.ifixit.com/User/3087338/robi...